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A Later-Filed, Later-Expiring Unrelated Patent is Not a Proper Reference Patent for an Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Rejection

The recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision Ex Parte Baurin reversed an Examiner rejection for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) in U.S. Application No. 17/135,529 over the later-filed, later-expiring...more

A Continuation Application is an Implicit Admission of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting When Filed from a Parent Patent

Filing a continuation application from a parent patent is an implicit admission that obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) applies to the resulting continuation patent. A Terminal Disclaimer in the continuation patent over...more

Practical Guidelines for Avoiding Patent Term Adjustment Penalty

The duty to disclose required by 37 CFR ยง 1.56 is a constant weight on patent practitioners and applicants to cite references via an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). The indiscriminate or reflexive filing of an IDS...more

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